GUN I decided to make a Ghillie suit

I always thought it would be cool and I never do shit on my 6 day breaks so I decided to give it a whirl.

So I started with a multi cam flight suit. Got it a few sizes too big which is what a lot of people recommend. It's in the dishwasher right now being washed.

The dark green netting in the top of this next picture is going to be used to make a large hood that I will sew to the flight suit.
The lighter netting is going to be sewn and shoe glued to the flight suit and that is where the durlap will be attached.

Here is a picture of my durlap. Because I live in the desert I went with lighter colors. As you can see I have already started shredding it. It's very tedious.

Not sure if I am gonna reinforce the front of the suit. I'm already over a 100 bucks into the project so I will give it some thought. Comments/Critizism welcome. I will update this thread as I make progress

You'll spend less $, but it's going to take time. I did research into these a while back and to make a somewhat decent one, a lot of time. But for doing it. I really am going to sit down one of these days when I have some time and make one. Always thought it would be fun.

Not sure if I am gonna reinforce the front of the suit. I'm already over a 100 bucks into the project so I will give it some thought. Comments/Critizism welcome. I will update this thread as I make progress

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If you plan on crawling anywhere, you'll want to reinforce from nips to knees. If it's just for fun, laying in the brush and having friends try to spot you, who cares.

On a helpful note, most of these I've made I turned flightsuits or cammies inside out, to retain use of the pockets, or relocated chest and bellows pockets to sleeves. Some, I adhered multiple layers of nylon on the knees, chest and elbow/ forearms for sliding across surfaces. I also cut large areas of the back, and sewed in mil spec mosquito netting for ventilation, as well as armpits and thighs.

Unfortunately, that was all nearly 15 years ago, and I don't have pictures or the suits anymore.